1. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back.

　　[參考譯文] 一些機構(gòu)終于松了一口氣，但是其他一些機構(gòu)，包括教堂，倡導生命之權(quán)的團體和澳大利亞醫(yī)學協(xié)會，尖銳地抨擊這個法案，指責法案的通過過于匆忙。但是大勢已定，不可逆轉(zhuǎn)。

　　2. In Australia- where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their partother states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.

　　[參考譯文] 在澳大利亞--人口老齡化，延長壽命的技術和變化看的社會態(tài)度，這些因素都在發(fā)揮作用一一其他的州也會考慮制定相似的關于安樂死的法律。

　　3. There are, of course, exceptions. Small--minded officials, rude waiters, and ill mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.

　　[參考譯文] 當然，例外是存在的。在美國，心胸狹窄的官員，粗魯?shù)膫髡�，和沒有 禮貌的出租車司機也并不少見。然而人們常常得出這樣的觀察意見，這 使得它值得被討論一下。

　　4. We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.

　　[參考譯文] 我們生活在一種藥品(毒品)的醫(yī)學用途和社會用途都很廣泛的社會里：一片用來止頭痛的阿斯匹林，一些用來社交的葡萄酒，早上自己提提神所喝的咖啡，一支用來定神的香煙。